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CIM Community Service Award

The CIM Council, at its March 1983 meeting, accepted Coopers & Lybrand Consulting Group’s (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) offer to sponsor a special award to be called the Members Award (now the CIM Community Service Award) which is to be presented on an annual basis (provided a suitable candidate has been nominated) to one of the "Unsung Heroes" of the mining industry. The award consists of a parchment with a sterling silver medal mounted in a customized frame.

Conditions

The CIM Community Service Award may be presented to a CIM National Member who meets the following criteria:

Presented to one of the “Unsung Heroes” of the mining industry who has fully given time to several aspects of community service and support.

The award may be presented from time to time as circumstances warrant, but not more than one award shall be made in any given year.

Nominations for the award shall be made over the signatures of at least ten (10) CIM national members and forwarded to the Executive Director of the Institute by December 1st of the year prior to the presentation of the award.

Each nomination shall be accompanied by a statement clearly stating the reasons that make the nominee a suitable candidate for the award.

The nominations shall be submitted to a committee composed of the six (6) CIM District Vice-Presidents and chaired by the CIM Executive Director for review and selection of the winning candidate.

Their recommendation shall be reported to CIM Council not later than the last Council meeting held prior to the next annual CIM Conference & Exhibition.

The members of the committee shall not be party to the nomination of any candidate.

When reasonably possible, the recipient shall be expected to receive the Medal in person during the course of the annual CIM Conference & Exhibition following the announcement of the award, or at such a time or place as CIM Council may direct.

All nominations properly presented shall remain in good standing for a period of three (3) years unless formally withdrawn over the signatures of a majority of members responsible for the nomination.

Nominees must be CIM National Members.

Winners

2019

John Thompson

John Thompson has been dividing his time between Cornell University, where he has been the Wold Professor of Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability, and Vancouver, BC where he consults on exploration, mining and sustainability. He has worked in the mining industry and related research for 35 years, including chief geoscientist and vice president of technology and development for Teck Resources, and director of the Mineral Deposit Research Unit at the University of British Columbia. He has had diverse leadership roles in many organizations – as chair for Resources for Future Generations 2018; chair, Genome BC; past-president of the Society of Economic Geologists; co-founder and chair of Geoscience BC; co-founder and chair, of the Canada Mining Innovation Council; and member of two councils for the World Economic Forum. He is on the boards of exploration and technology companies, and advisory groups for venture capital, clean technology and sustainability.

2017

Hans Brasch

Hans Brasch started working at Levack Mine in 1952 at the age of 20 years. He worked for 40 years straight without a day off at various positions. When he retired in 1992, he was able take this knowledge with him, move into the future and continue to learn about new technology and challenges in mining.

With this ongoing dedication to the mining industry, Brasch has been able to act as a liaison between mining companies and the community by lobbying for equipment for display at various venues in the Sudbury area.

He created heritage shows and promoted mining in videos featured both in Canada and Europe, and best of all, documented mining culture from past to present in nine books. In doing so, Brasch helped secure a future in the minds of our youth for the industry.

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